Genre: Horror / Anthology
Publisher: Dark Chapter Press
Publication Date: 15th March 2016
Pages: 316
MY REVIEW:
A copy of Kids
was sent to Confessions of a Reviewer by the publishers, Dark Chapter Press, in
exchange for an honest review. This is said review.
Anthology number three this year from those cheeky chaps at
Dark Chapter Press. I have said before, and I will say it again, I think Dark
Chapter Press are going to be a force to be reckoned with in the next few
years. They put their heart and soul into the books they produce and it shows.
The first I read was last year and it was Kill For A Copy. You can read my review
of it here. The second was only a few weeks ago, Eight Deadly Kisses. This was a double whammy because not only
was it exclusively featuring women writers for Women In Horror Month, but all
proceeds from it are going to the charity Camfed. You can read my review of it here.
Kids is one I was looking forward to because it has some
authors I read before in the aforementioned anthologies but it is also co-edited
by Stuart Keane. I wanted to see what he could produce from the other side of
the table given the fact his writing is superb. There is also the fantastic
input of Mr Jack Rollins, a man proving himself to be a big force in both the
writing and publishing worlds.
So what did I think? Let’s see!
BAD LITTLE BOYS GO TO HELL BY JAMES WALLEY
The Big Fella is a huge tree in the middle of Harpers
Meadow. The meadow is where all the kids play. Four thirteen-year-old friends,
Wilson, Tonk, Beanie and Gerbil come with a plan to take over the meadow by
building a fort in The Big Fella.
The four sets of green eyes in the darkness beg to
differ.
Crackin way to open an anthology. This tale is all about
boys and their strive for control and to be the kings of the castle.
It is also about how vulnerable they become when faced
with the unknown and they lose some of that control.
This is super creepy and will have you squirming in your
seat as you read.
★★★★★ for general.
★★★★★ for horror.
THE BONES OF BABY DOLLS BY FEIND GOTTES
Cassie is four years old. She has a fascination with
what’s inside the human body. She cuts up her dolls to find out but never gets
any answers. She asks her Mom and Dad but never gets any answers.
She wonders does her baby brother have any answers?
Can you hear that? That’s the sound of this story flying
up the Confessions Short Story charts on the back of a rocket!
This is an anthology about horror kids. This story should
be in the dictionary as the definition of horror kids. This is horrific and
brutal and cringe worthy and awful and beautiful all at the same time.
You know what’s possibly going to happen from early on.
The writing gives you that clue. But it has you thinking “please no, please no”
the whole way through.
This is just superb.
★★★★★ for general.
★★★★★ for horror.
THE BOY IN THE APARTMENT BY JOSH PRITCHETT
Gareth has had to move to France with his mum and dad. He
doesn’t like it there. He can’t speak the lingo and the other kids make fun of
him. He makes friends with another boy in his apartment building, Bergen.
Bergen may not be his friend after all though.
Now this one was good and bad. I loved the idea behind
the story. It had a sort of a Twilight
Zone feel to it. It also had a dark, almost sepia toned effect to it. That
part I really liked.
The writing style, to me, left me scratching my head
though. Sometimes it felt a bit disjointed. Very hard to describe but short
sentences at times made it feel sharp rather than punchy.
Didn’t flow very well for me but I liked the idea.
★★★ for general.
★★★ for horror.
LITTLE ANGEL BY SHARON HIGA
Cynthia and Martha are mother and daughter. They are on a
bus. Gloria is another passenger on the bus and strikes up a conversation with
the pair, but something just doesn’t feel right.
Ever read a story that has something hidden, something
just bubbling under the surface but doesn’t quite make it to the top? That’s
what this story felt like to me. It was like it was building and building to
something but never quite got there.
Like watching a game of football (soccer for you American
types) and the team has a perfect build up from their own goal line, twenty-four
clean passes, and then hits the post.
Something was missing. I’m just not sure what it was.
★★.5 for general.
★★.5 for horror.
THE APOTHECARY’S HICCUP BY DOUGLAS F. DLUZEN
Paige and Henry are visiting their country faire. They go
into the apothecary and are served some sample tea by a young boy called Sam.
They both agree it's delicious but neither of them expect the effects it will
have on them.
This is one that takes you into a different world. Almost
another realm, where evil exists forever and you cannot escape it.
This had a lovely feeling to it. Very dark and detached.
Had an almost Silent Hill feeling to
it.
Beautifully written to be both entrancing and haunting at
the same time. One of those stories that plants a seed and lets your mind go
wild.
★★★★ for general.
★★★ for horror.
RAW BY ERICA CHIN
Tim has taken his daughter Sarah to hospital feeling very
unwell. After being checked out, it's nothing serious. Just a high temperature.
Or is it?
This is another that I so wanted to like more but there
was just something missing. It missed a bit of explanation as to what was
actually going on so you're left feeling a little bit in the dark with it.
Good plot idea though. Maybe expanded a little it might
have hit the mark.
★★★ for general.
★★ for horror.
TWINS BY ANDREW LENNON
Nicole and Georgia are twin sisters. They do everything
together. Good things and bad things. They want to play the Visiting The
Darkness game. No one else does though.
This was good. This is what punchy should read like. To
the point and brutal.
The girls in this are genuinely scary. They have a sort
of feel to them that Damien had in The
Omen. Quiet and unassuming but bloody evil and doubly brutal.
One part of this made my jaw hit the ground then close my
mouth very quickly again putting both hands over it!
A big improvement Mr Lennon!
★★★★★ for general.
★★★★★ for horror.
THE LADDER BY PETE CLARKE
A man lives in a house with a huge tree in his garden. He
never noticed the spiral ladder on the side of it until his son did.
His son climbed the ladder. He came back, but he's been gone
3 days this time. He will be back though. Won't he?
This is what I'm talking about people. Dark, mysterious,
intriguing, hauntingly beautifully written horror that is so atmospheric, you
realise when you finish it, you've not even noticed someone has been in and
cleared your house out apart from the seat you sit on!
Wonderful. Is there a six-star button?
★★★★★ for general.
★★★★★ for horror.
BORN BAD BY MARK PARKER
Claire and Joanie are friends working together in their
garden. Bobby is a young lad who lives across the street. He is forever
torturing them and generally bullying them. When Claire loses her temper with
him he turns even nastier.
How far will his bullying go?
This was really good. It was cantering along very nicely
and was building the tension perfectly, leading up to the big ending.
Then it just seemed to fall flat on its face. It had huge
potential for a massive reveal at the end. It just didn’t come for me.
Very disappointing in the end.
★★.5 for general.
★★.5 for horror.
MILK BY MICHAEL BRAY
Dillon can’t wait to get back to school after the summer
break. That is until he remembers his nemesis, Ron. First day back and Ron
immediately makes Dillon’s life a living hell.
Sometime later Dillon is made milk monitor for the day.
The day he has been waiting for. The day that he is the one making the
decisions.
Loved it. Slow. Methodical. Tense. All this in a build up
to an ending that you could never see coming. You know Dillon is the underdog.
You know he wants revenge. How he gets it is both satisfying and brutally
alarming.
Brilliant ending twist.
★★★★★ for general.
★★★★★ for horror.
ANNA BY MATTHEW HICKMAN
Anna’s mum is very worried about her. She is being
bullied at school and people know who’s doing it, but no one can do anything
about it. Should she really take matters into her own hands?
A story driven by the purest thing on the planet. A mother’s
love for her child. It can make them crazy and it can make them do things they
would never normally do. Matt Hickman gets this point across very well in this
story with a wicked twist at the end.
It’s told almost like it’s a police statement. A bit
stop, start at times but it actually works.
★★★★ for general.
★★★★ for horror.
DIG BY ALICE J. BLACK
Connie and Ben are retired. They love to take things easy
and Connie loves her garden. Jessica is the little girl who lives next door
with her mum. She has started to dig in her garden. Connie is concerned that
her mum doesn’t seem to be about. Jessica says she is ill.
Things will be OK though. She has a plan.
This is one of those stories where you know what is going
to happen. It is pretty easy to figure out. It doesn’t affect the enjoyment
though. The build-up of tension in this is perfect. An unassuming little girl
just having fun digging.
Totally innocent. Or is it?
Really good story. Not the first time I have read Alice
J. Black and not the first time I have been mightily impressed.
★★★★★ for general.
★★★★ for horror.
OMENS BY CHANTAL NOORDELOOS
The Dokhio are coming. They need their sacrifice. No one
knows why, or what the sacrifice will be. Some want to give it freely. Others
will refuse claiming it is nothing but a myth. Who is right.
This was an interesting one. I’m sort on the fence a bit
with it. I did like it. I enjoy stories of ancient tribes and myths and
monsters.
This one again just seemed a bit rushed at times. If felt
like it deserved a longer story and would have coped very nicely with more
detail and more tension. I know that’s not the idea of a short story but hey
ho.
★★★ for general.
★★★ for horror.
THE BOX BY GARY PEARSON
Oliver can be a very naughty boy. When he is, he is put
in the box. It’s basically the shed but he is locked in there for periods of
reflection.
Oliver has had enough of his dad. He doesn’t treat him or
his mum very nice. The voices he hears in the box want to help.
This is more or less a story about a kid being driven
over the edge by punishment. Is the punishment warranted? Maybe not but what’s
the alternative?
Another one that left me wanting a little bit more. It
had the potential to much scarier.
★★★ for general.
★★★ for horror.
SOCIAL SACRIFICES BY SHAWN DIXON
Sam is fed up moving house. He has to because of his dad’s
job but finds it hard to make friends.
Walter and Greg come calling and offer to take him to see
their toads.
Maybe these are friends he could do without.
Sam just craves friends and fun. Can meeting up with new
people make you like them even though you know they are wrong. This is an
interesting take on peer pressure and what it can do to the weak.
Creepy tale full of mental torture and horror.
★★★★ for general.
★★★★ for horror.
THE BUTCHER’S APPRENTICE BY DAVID BASNETT
Aidan has been befriended by Nathan. He’s a bit of a
weird one and has a reputation for being quick tempered and nasty.
After a trip into the forest with him, Aidan discovers
Nathan has been keeping a lot more secrets. Deadly ones.
This is great. Its every timid kid’s nightmare. The bully
makes friends with you and no one can see the danger in that but you. This is a
tale that gets more brutal and scary as it goes on culminating in an ending
that I doubt you would see coming. These are kids after all.
★★★★★ for general.
★★★★★ for horror.
THE SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT BY BRIAN BARR
Joseph’s son has gone missing. He thinks he has joined a
gang in Baltimore. After seeing riots on television and what looked like his
son in the middle of it, his search intensifies.
Not sure what this one was actually trying to
achieve. Fathers frantic search for his
son with a bit of a psychedelic dream sequence in the middle that I don’t think
I totally understood.
★★★ for general.
★★ for horror.
PREGNANT WITH FREEDOM BY CHRISTOPHER ROPES
Told from the position of a husband excited at his wife’s
announcement of being pregnant, this is another bit of a weird one that I don’t
think I totally understood.
No idea where it was supposed to go or what it was trying
to achieve.
Bit lost with this one.
★★.5 for general.
★★.5 for horror.
I love kids, but I could never eat a whole one – Oscar
Wilde.
After reading this anthology, you may be put off for
life. This is full of stories of, not the cute gurgly type of kids but the kids
of nightmares.
You would think that giving the criteria for stories in this
collection, namely kids, that the stories may be predictable and all of the
same vein. You could not be more wrong. The variety between the covers of this
one is immense. No two stories deal with the same subject. No two stories are
even remotely similar.
That is, for me, a huge pat on the back for the people
who put it together. Stuart Keane and Jack Rollins deserve a lot of credit for
taking a single subject and making if so varied.
Of course it wouldn’t be this way without the wonderful
authors contributing their wonderful stories and trusting them into the hands
of the DCP.
In terms of an overall book this one leaves me with a bit
of mixed opinion.
There are some fantastic stories in this one. Bad Little Boys Go To Hell, The Bones of Baby Dolls and The Ladder are examples of short story
writing at their very best. The Ladder is up there among my list of favourite
ever short stories. It is just superb.
But there were a few that disappointed me as well. Now I
always say that the world of reading is the greatest world around because what
I will love, you may hate and vice versa. For that reason alone, you must buy
this anthology. The mixture of stories will keep you glued to the end and you
will read some stories that make you want to strive to find everything the
author has ever done because they are that good. You gotta take the rough with
smooth. That’s why this is one you have to pick up.
General rating:
★★★★ nearly there.
Horror rating:
★★★★ hard to full marks with an anthology.
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Book Synopsis:
Kids.
They laugh, they scream, they play.
They're innocent and harmless, cute and cuddly, the apple
of their parents' eye.
Or...
None of the above applies. Kids can be the joy of a
couple's life, but in the world of horror, they are anything but. These kids
can kill, and maim; they laugh while you scream and play in the hot blood
spilled from your mutilated, shuddering body. They may look cute and cuddly
but, on the inside, they're pure and absolute evil.
Kids is an anthology about the devils spawn; children who
break all social protocol and scare the living hell out of you. Newborn,
toddler, infant, teenager? Kids has them all. Whether they're evil personified
or bravely facing evil head on, these children will live long in the memory.
From Dark Chapter Press comes Kids, the first of an
exclusive two-part anthology. Featuring eighteen terrifying stories of
child-based terror from a whole host of horror talent, the words on these pages
will leave you shaking with fear. Featuring a foreword from Ryan C. Thomas,
this book isn't suitable for bedtime stories, but it will appeal to the horror
readers who like their lore gory, violent, suspenseful, and darkly humorous.
Remember, they're only children. What harm can they do?
Contributor Biographies
Authors
James Walley
Arriving in the rainy isle of Great
Britain in the late ‘70s, James Walley quickly became an enthusiast of all
things askew. Having grown up in a quaint little one horse town that was one
horse short, on a steady diet of movies, ‘50s sci fi and fantasy fiction,
creating creepy nonsense seemed like the only logical step to make.
Sure, he can sometimes be found behind the
desk of a nine to five job, but has kept himself sane by singing in a rock
band, memorizing every John Carpenter movie ever made, and learning the ancient
art of voodoo.
His debut novel, The Forty First Wink,
was published in 2014, and with a clutch of short stories also in the offing,
the sequel is prepping for launch.”
Twitter:
@JamesWalley74
Author Page:
http://www.ragnarokpub.com/#!the-forty-first-wink/c1c1q
Feind Gottes
Feind Gottes is a horror writer with his
first published work, Hell Awaits, appearing in Kill
For A Copy from Dark Chapter
Press. His zombie flash fiction tale, Tamed Brute, can be
found in Flashes of Darkness: Halloween Special 2015 and his tale, Known
But Not Named, recently won Dark
Chapter Press’ DreAdvent Calendar contest. Feind recently finished his
first novel and will have another short story published in the anthology, KIDS,
to be edited by Stuart Keene for
Dark Chapter Press due out in
March 2016.
Feind is also the editor for ThyDemonsBeScribblin.com,
his website dedicated to all things horror & heavy metal. Feind is also a
contributing writer for Occult Rock and formerly for Doommantia.
Feind currently resides in Tucson, AZ working non-stop to promote and support
independent music, movies and writers like himself.
Website: http://www.thydemonsbescribblin.com/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/bminekime?fref=ts
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/FeindGottes?lang=en-gb
Josh
Pritchett
Josh Pritchett was born in
Charlottesville, Virginia in 1970, the home of the University of Virginia where
Edgar Allan Poe first went to college. When he was twelve, he read Stephen
King’s “Night Shift” and found his
life’s calling. Sadly feeding people to rats is not a growth industry, so he
became a writer instead. He has previously been published in the anthologies Brave New Girls, Bones III, and Bizarre Tales
from Three Notch’d Road.
You can follow Josh on Facebook at Josh
Pritchett Jr.
Sharon L.
Higa
Sharon L. Higa is an East Tennessean who
lives smack in the middle of ‘hauntsville’ – much to her delight. She revels in
penning tales of Horror, supernatural thrillers, fantasy/action and pretty much
anything else that is creepy, crawly and downright spine chilling. She
has three novels, one novella and several short stories printed in a wide
variety of anthologies.
To check out her offerings to the world at
large, you can go to her website: www.leapingunicornliterary.com
Check out her facebook page under Sharon L
Higa or catch up with her on twitter. She posts as: elf126
Sharon also has a wordpressblog under
blueunicorn1, where she spreads the word about her up and coming projects as
well as those of her fellow authors.
Douglas F.
Dluzen
During the day Douglas is a geneticist and
studies the genetic mechanisms of aging and age-related diseases.
At night he continues to write his science
fiction, fantasy, and horror stories. He is currently editing his first novel
and working on a science fiction trilogy.
He is also deeply interested in the
meeting of everyday science and the supernatural and that’s where he draws much
of his horror-writing inspiration. Douglas enjoys traveling, hiking, and air
drumming.
Twitter:
@ripplesintime24
Website:
http://douglasripplesintime.blogspot.com/
Erica Chin
Erica Chin was born and raised in
Malaysia, a country with a diversity of ethnics, cultures and cuisines. She
enjoys learning about and writing in Mandarin and English. She revels in
plotting stories that unnerve people. She currently lives in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. Find Erica Chin on Facebook at facebook.com/ericachinstories
Andrew
Lennon
Andrew Lennon is the author of A Life to Waste, Keith and Twisted Shorts.
He has featured in numerous anthologies
and is successfully becoming a recognised name in horror and thriller writing.
Andrew is a happily married man living in the North West of England with his
wife Hazel & their children.
He enjoys spending his time with his
family and watching or reading new horror.
Website:
http://www.andrewlennon.co.uk
Pete Clark
Pete Clark has had a number of stories
published on webzines, and in the anthologies ‘Detritus’ (Omnium Gatherum), ‘Short
Sips’ and ‘Here There Be Dragons’
(Wicked East Press), ‘Fresh Blood’
(MayDecember Publications), ‘Thirteen
Volume 3’ (13 Horror), ‘Time of Death’
(Living Dead Press) and ‘Darkness ad Infinitum (Villipede). He was
awarded an Honourable Mention in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future
contest (2nd Quarter 2011). He includes Stephen King, Clive Barker
and China Miéville among his many influences. Writing numerous short
stories and his first novel, he lives in North West England with his wife, two
children and a growing collection of guitars.
Mark Parker
Mark Parker is the founder, publisher, and
managing editor of Scarlet Galleon Publications. His editorial credits include Dead
Harvest: A Collection of Dark Tales (2014); Dark Hallows: 10 Halloween
Haunts (2015); and the much anticipated Fearful Fathoms: Collected Tales
of Aquatic Terror (2016). Parker is the author of The Scarlet Galleon,
Biology of Blood, Way of the Witch, Banshee’s Cry, Lucky You, The Troll Diner,
Killing Christmas, and Born Bad to be featured in the forthcoming
anthology KIDS: Vol. I coming soon from Dark Chapter Press. Bestselling
author of the Witching Savannah series writes of Parker’s Way of the
Witch: “Parker has a strong voice and is able to convey a sustained sense
of time and place. Similar in feel to Richard Laymon’s Traveling Vampire
Show.”
You can learn more about the author/publisher by visiting his
website www.scarletgalleonpublications.com
Michael Bray
Michael Bray is a horror / thriller author
of more than ten novels. Influenced from an early age by the suspense horror
of authors such as Stephen King, Richard Laymon & Brian Lumley, along
with TV shows like Tales From The Crypt
& The Twilight Zone, he started
to work on his own fiction, and spent many years developing his style.
With books sold in over forty countries
and rights optioned for movie and television adaptations of his work, he
recently signed with Media Bitch literary agency where he intends to take the
next step in his writing career. He currently resides in Leeds, England, with
his wife Vikki and daughter Abi.
Where to find Michael Bray online
Official
website: www.michaelbrayauthor.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/michaelbrayauthor
Twitter: www.twitter.com/michaelbrayauth
Instagram: www.instagram.com/michaelbrayauthor
Google +: www.plus.goggle.com/michaelbrayauthor
Matt Hickman
Matt is an avid fan of horror fiction. He
spends a majority of his free time reading books from both established and
independent authors. With a diverse knowledge of the genre, he has now tried
his hand at writing horror. With the support of his peers, some of which are
established writers themselves, he now approaches a new career, one that will
see him take horror by storm.
His debut, a collaboration with Andrew
Lennon; Hexad is available on digital
download from Amazon, to be followed by inclusion into an anthology from Dark
Chapter Press – Kids.
Alice J.
Black
Alice lives and works in the North East of
England where she lives with her partner and slightly ferocious cats! She
writes all manner of fiction with a tendency to lean towards the dark
side. Dreams and sleep-talking are
currently a big source of inspiration and her debut novel, The Doors, is
a young adult novel which originally came from a dream several years ago and
grew from there.
Chantal
Noordeloos
Chantal Noordeloos (born in the Hague, and
not found in a cabbage as some people may suggest) lives in the Netherlands,
where she spends her time with her wacky, supportive husband, and outrageously
cunning daughter, who is growing up to be a supervillain. When she is not busy
exploring interesting new realities, or arguing with characters (aka writing),
she likes to dabble in drawing.
In 1999 she graduated from the Norwich
School of Art and Design, where she focused mostly on creative writing.
There are many genres that Chantal likes
to explore in her writing. Currently Sci-fi Steampunk is one of her favourites,
but her ‘go to’ genre will always be horror. “It helps being scared of
everything; that gives me plenty of inspiration,” she says.
Chantal likes to write for all ages, and
storytelling is the element of writing that she enjoys most. “Writing should be
an escape from everyday life, and I like to provide people with new places to
escape to, and new people to meet.”
Chantal started her career writing short
stories for various anthologies, and in 2012 she won an award for ‘Best
Original Story’ for her short ‘the Deal’. Coyote
is her first big project.
Gary Pearson
Gary Pearson is an indie author that has
published two Novella’s within the thriller genre, and is currently working on
further pieces and submissions for anthologies.
He became interested in writing at a young
age when watching his local football team, he was inspired by the sports
writers of the day and began writing his own articles detailing the events of
the games for his local newspaper. Gary has also started a novel, which
began when he partook in NaNoWriMo 2014, a writing challenge which requires
contestants to write 50,000 words in the 30 days of November. He completed this challenge and emerged as a
winner, this spurred him on to complete the Novel which will be a significant
milestone once published.
Find out more about Gary by going to one
of the following:
Website: http://www.garyipearson.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gary-Pearson/733279940055214?ref=aymt_homepage_panel
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GaryP04
S.L. Dixon
Former homeless hitchhiker and high school
dropout, S.L. Dixon grew up in Ontario, Canada and his short stories have
appeared in magazines, digests, literary journals and anthologies from around
the world. Currently, he’s married, has a cat and resides in a small coastal
community in British Columbia, Canada.
@SLDixon1
www.sldixon.ca
David
Basnett
Hailing from north of Hadrian’s Wall, the
true life inspiration for Game of Thrones’ The Wall, that was built to keep the
Roman empire intact, David was raised amid the foothills of the Cheviots and in
the shadow of the sprawling and inspiring Northumberland National Park. His
fast paced yet still descriptive style of writing and knack of breathing life
into tired genres has established him as a horror and young adult author to
watch out for.
David is a regular contributor to Dark
Chapter Press having won one of their flash fiction competitions and is part of
the Kill for a Copy anthology.
A regular on social media to talk with
fans of his books, you can keep in touch with David on:
twitter.com/dbasnett
facebook.com/officialdavidbasnett
davidbasnettauthor.wordpress.com/
Brian Barr
Brian Barr is an American author of
novels, short stories, and comic books. Brian has been published in various
short story anthologies and magazines, including Queer Sci Fi’s Discovery,
NonBinary Review, Nebula Rift, New Realm, Mantid, Dark Chapter Press’s Kill
for a Copy, and many J. Ellington Ashton Press publications. Brian
collaborates with another writer, Chuck Amadori, on the supernatural dark
fantasy noir comic book series Empress, along with Pencil Blue Studios’ Marcelo
Salaza for the art. His first novel, Carolina
Daemonic: Confederate Shadows, was published by J. Ellington Ashton Press
in 2015. Carolina Daemonic will be a
four-volume novel series, along with various short stories which have already
been published and will be eventually be gathered in collections.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/brianbarrbooks
Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/brianbarrbooksdotcom
Dark Chapter Press Author Page: http://www.darkchapterpress.com/brian-barr/4590071515
Website: www.brianbarrbooks.com
Twitter: @brianbarrbooks
Christopher
Ropes
Christopher Ropes is a horror and occult
author and poet living in New Jersey. He lives with his two kids and his
fiancee and their menagerie of pets. He’s been published in the first two J.
Ellington Ashton Press “Rejected for
Content” anthologies, and has stories soon to be published in Xnoybis #3 and Despumation Journal #2. He also has a book of transgressive poetry,
“The Operating Theater,” available
from Dynatox Ministries. Various occult journals have published his work as
well. You can connect with him at: https://www.facebook.com/ChristopherRopes/
Editors
Stuart Keane
Stuart Keane is a horror/suspense author
of several novels. Currently in his second year of writing, Stuart is
developing a reputation for writing realistic, contemporary horror. With
comparisons to Richard Laymon and Shaun Hutson amongst his critical acclaim –
he cites both authors as his major inspiration in the genre – Stuart is
dedicated to writing terrifying, thrilling stories for real horror fans.
He is currently a member of the Author’s
Guild, and an editor for emerging UK publisher, Dark Chapter Press. With books
sold all over the world, and his first novel, All or Nothing, currently in development to be turned into a TV
serial, 2016 will be a busy year for Stuart. He has several novels in the
works, including Oedema, Outbreak, and the continuation of his Charlotte Chronicles trilogy, Awakening and Amy.
Stuart was born in Kent, and lived there
for three decades. A major inspiration for his work, his home county has helped
him produce numerous novels and short stories. He currently resides in Essex, is
happily married, and is totally addicted to caffeine.
Feel free to get in touch at www.stuartkeane.com or www.facebook.com/stuart.keane.92
He can also be found on Twitter at
@SKeane_Author.
www.stuartkeane.com
www.facebook.com/stuartkeanewriter
Twitter - @SKeane_Author.
Jack Rollins
Jack Rollins was born and raised among the
twisting cobbled streets and lanes, ruined forts and rolling moors of a
medieval market town in Northumberland, England. He claims to have been adopted
by Leeds in West Yorkshire, and he spends as much time as possible immersed in
the shadowy heart of that city.
Writing has always been Jack’s addiction,
whether warping the briefing for his English class homework, or making his own
comic books as a child, he always had some dark tale to tell.
Fascinated by all things Victorian, Jack
often writes within that era, but also creates contemporary nightmarish visions
in horror and dark urban fantasy.
He currently lives in Northumberland, with
his partner, two sons, and his daughter living a walking distance from his
home, which is slowly but surely being overtaken by books...
Jack’s
published works are as follows:
The Séance:
A Gothic Tale of Horror and Misfortune
The Cabinet
of Dr Blessing
Dead Shore, in Undead Legacy
Anti-Terror,
in Carnage: Extreme Horror
Home, Sweet
Home in Kill For A Copy
Ghosts of
Christmas Past in The
Dichotomy of Christmas
Jack can be
found online at:
Twitter: @jackrollins9280
Facebook: www.facebook.com/doctorblessing
Website: jackrollinshorror.wordpress.com
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